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2016 TCR International Series Singapore round

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Date
  
17 September 2016

Driver
  
Jean-Karl Vernay

Laps
  
10

Time
  
2:24.511

2016 TCR International Series Singapore round

Location
  
Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore

Course
  
Permanent racing facility 5.065 km (3.147 mi)

The 2016 TCR International Series Singapore round was the ninth round of the 2016 TCR International Series season. It took place on 16–18 September at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Contents

Jean-Karl Vernay won the first race, starting from pole position driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR and Mikhail Grachev gained the second one, driving a Honda Civic TCR.

Ballast

Due to the results obtained in the previous round, James Nash received +30 kg, Pepe Oriola +20 kg and Stefano Comini +10 kg.

In addition, the Balance of Performance was reviewed for this round: the returning Opel Astra TCR received +30 kg in ballast and the engine power was limited to 95%.

Qualifying

  • ^1 — Davit Kajaia, Gianni Morbidelli, Petr Fulín, Kevin Gleason, Jordi Oriola, Rafaël Galiana, Dušan Borković, Neric Wei, Douglas Khoo, Pepe Oriola and Martin Cao all had their fastest laptimes removed for not respecting the track limits.
  • ^2 — Davit Kajaia, Gianni Morbidelli, Petr Fulín and Martin Cao all received a 6 place grid penalties for not respecting the track limits during qualifying.
  • ^3 — Kevin Gleason and Jordi Oriola both received a 3 place grid penalties for not respecting the track limits during qualifying.
  • ^4 — Douglas Khoo and Loris Hezemans were moved to the back of the grid for having not set a time within the 107% limit.

    • Race 2

  • ^5 — Pepe Oriola was given a drive through penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Gianni Morbidelli.

    • Standings after the event

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

    • References

    2016 TCR International Series Singapore round Wikipedia
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